Sanitary hoof-packing.



4 TED STA'JLIES ATEN T OFFICE.

WILLIS E. RAWSON, DECEASED, LATE 0F NEWBURG, OHIO, BY CORA RAWSON,ADMINISTRATRIX, OF NEWBURG, OHIO.

SANITARY ROOF-PACKING.

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To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that WVILLIs E. RAwsoN, deceased, a citizen of the UnitedStates, late of Newburg, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio,did invent new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Hoof-Packings, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a sanitary hoof packing which is usedto soften the hoofs of horses or other animals. The composition is aboutthe consistency of lard, and it is a curative dressing for inflamed orhardened hoofs.

To the accomplishment of these and related ends, said invention, then,consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularlypointed out in the claims.

The following description sets forth in detail one mode of carrying outthe inven tion, such disclosed mode illustrating, however, but one ofvarious ways in which the principle of the invention may be used.

This packing is composed chiefly of a soft paraflin wax, such aspetrolatum, known in its commerical and purified form as vaseline, and aclay or impure iron ore such as yellow ocher. With these two substancesis mixed a small amount of resin or similar substance, and smalleramounts of other substances are added for coloring and medicinalpurposes.

In mixing the several substances, the petrolatum, ocher and resin arefirst heated together for several hours in a suitable vessel. After themixture has somewhat cooled, a small amount of turpentine is added withwhich there is mixed a small amount of lampblack for coloring thecompound. After still further cooling, a small percentage of bluevitriol is added for its medicinal effect. During the heating thepetrolatum and resin would form two separate layers if the ocher werenot added for the purpose of stiffening the mass and making ithomogeneous. The turpentine is added for the purpose of dissolving anyresin remaining in the solid state, and the lampblack and blue vitriolfor the purposes above named. The temperature at which the compositionwill be kept during the heating will vary with the amount and nature ofthe substances used. It will be below the boiling point of any of thesubstances, and must, of

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 9, 1911.

Patented July 15, 1913. Serial No. 659,443.

course, be over 120 degrees Fahrenheit in order to liquefy thepetrolatum.

The exact composition of the compound will vary according to the exactnature of the substances used in composing the same. Various substancesmay be used. Another paraflin wax may be used in place of thepetrolatum, and other suitable clays in place of the ocher. Thesubstances here named have been found to compose a very sanitary andlasting hoof packing which will retain its medicinal and sanitaryproperties for a long time. When the substances here named are used, thepercentage composition by weight will be approximately as followsPetrolatum 64 per cent. Yellow ocher 24L Resin 1O Turpentine 1. 75Lampblack g of 1 per cent. Blue vitriol -lof 1 per cent.

Of these various substances, lampblack is, of course, used for coloringpurposes only and may be left out without affecting the good results tobe obtained by the composition. The various other substances may bechanged as above specified.

Other substances may be used replacing those here named, provided theyaccomplish the same purpose in the composition and do not materiallyalter the properties of the same.

I claim 1. A hoof packing comprising approximately 6 1 per cent. byweight petrolatum, 24 per cent. yellow ocher, 10 per cent. resin, percent. turpentine, per cent. blue vitriol, combined substantially asherein described.

2. A hoof packing comprising approximately 64% by weight petrolatum,24t% yellow ocher, 10% resin, 12% turpentine, -l;% lamp black, and bluevitriol, combined substantially as herein described.

Signed by me this 7th day of November,

OORA RAVVSON, Admc'nistraitm'sc 0f the estate of lVc'ZZz's E.

Rawson, deceased. Attested by HoRAcE B. FAY, BLANOI-IE M. PRIEBE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

